World Heritage in Italy

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Legend

  • ●● Cultural
  • ●● Natural
  • ●● Mixed
  • ●● Tentative

World Heritage Sites

SiteInscribedTypeReviewsVisitorsRating
Agrigento 1997 Cultural 8 319 3.9
Aquileia 1998 Cultural 8 226 3.32
Arab-Norman Palermo 2015 Cultural 8 318 3.88
Assisi 2000 Cultural 8 405 3.9
Botanical Garden, Padua 1997 Cultural 9 331 2.75
Castel del Monte 1996 Cultural 6 226 3.25
Cilento and Vallo di Diano 1998 Cultural 5 198 3.48
Costiera Amalfitana 1997 Cultural 6 433 3.96
Crespi d'Adda 1995 Cultural 6 199 2.31
Dolomites 2009 Natural 7 413 4.25
Etruscan Necropolises 2004 Cultural 9 235 3.62
Evaporitic Karst and Caves 2023 Natural 5 49 2.15
Ferrara 1995 Cultural 10 320 3.28
Florence 1982 Cultural 15 1081 4.55
Genoa 2006 Cultural 7 414 2.98
Great Spa Towns of Europe 2021 Cultural 13 529 3.28
Isole Eolie 2000 Natural 7 168 3.81
Ivrea 2018 Cultural 6 120 2
Longobards in Italy 2011 Cultural 14 285 2.93
Mantua and Sabbioneta 2008 Cultural 7 271 3.3
Matera 1993 Cultural 7 298 3.96
Medici Villas and Gardens 2013 Cultural 7 343 3.11
Modena 1997 Cultural 11 331 3.01
Monte San Giorgio 2003 Natural 5 189 2.3
Mount Etna 2013 Natural 11 392 3.61
Naples 1995 Cultural 8 732 3.48
Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 2021 Cultural 11 278 3.97
Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 1987 Cultural 14 859 3.84
Pienza 1996 Cultural 8 257 3.13
Pompei 1997 Cultural 8 764 4.47
Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands 1997 Cultural 11 471 4
Prehistoric Pile Dwellings 2011 Cultural 15 337 2.03
Primeval Beech Forests 2007 Natural 36 428 2.72
Ravenna 1996 Cultural 8 407 4.2
Residences of the Royal House of Savoy 1997 Cultural 11 253 3.05
Rhaetian Railway 2008 Cultural 7 241 3.29
Rock Drawings in Valcamonica 1979 Cultural 7 139 3.19
Rome 1980 Cultural 13 1278 4.67
Royal Palace at Caserta 1997 Cultural 4 260 3.3
Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy 2003 Cultural 9 236 2.95
San Gimignano 1990 Cultural 10 513 3.77
Santa Maria delle Grazie 1980 Cultural 10 411 3.41
Siena 1995 Cultural 9 654 4.13
Su Nuraxi di Barumini 1997 Cultural 6 127 3.39
Syracuse 2005 Cultural 8 351 3.69
The Porticoes of Bologna 2021 Cultural 6 332 2.96
The Prosecco Hills 2019 Cultural 4 123 2.21
The trulli of Alberobello 1996 Cultural 7 311 3.45
Urbino 1998 Cultural 8 249 3.39
Val d'Orcia 2004 Cultural 10 267 3.26
Val di Noto 2002 Cultural 10 270 3.45
Venetian Works of Defence 2017 Cultural 9 537 2.95
Venice and its Lagoon 1987 Cultural 18 1088 4.6
Verona 2000 Cultural 12 640 3.59
Via Appia 2024 Cultural 4 121 3.34
Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 1994 Cultural 11 340 3.34
Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 1999 Cultural 8 352 3.47
Villa d'Este 2001 Cultural 9 349 3.37
Villa Romana del Casale 1997 Cultural 12 211 3.93
Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont 2014 Cultural 6 197 2.87

Tentative List

SiteAddedScheduledTypeReviewsVisitorsRating
Archipelago of la Maddalena and Islands of Bocche di Bonifacio 2006 Natural 4 33 75%
Art and Architecture in the Prehistory of Sardinia. The domus de janas. 2021 2025 Cultural 4 18 100%
Bradyseism in the Flegrea Area 2006 Natural 1 29 38%
Cascata delle Marmore and Valnerina: Monastic sites and ancient hydrogeological reclamation works 2006 Cultural 1 24 60%
Cattolica Monastery in Stilo and Basilian-Byzantine complexes 2006 Cultural 1 19 50%
Citadel of Alessandria 2006 Cultural 3 29 18%
Eocene Marine Biodiversity of the Alpone Valley 2021 Natural 1 3 100%
European Paper Mills (from the era of hand-made paper) (Italy) 2024 2027 Cultural 0 3 0%
Evidence of Italo-Greek Culture between the Early and Late Middle Ages 2023 Cultural 0 3 67%
Hanbury botanical gardens 2006 Cultural 1 19 43%
Historical theatres of the Marche Region 2021 Cultural 1 23 14%
Island of Asinara 2006 Natural 1 5 100%
Karstic caves in prehistoric Apulia 2006 Cultural 1 12 75%
Lake Maggiore and Lake D'Orta lakelands 2006 Cultural 2 100 74%
Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (Italy) 2017 Natural 0 63 47%
Massif du Mont-Blanc 2008 Natural 0 84 80%
Mothia and Lilibeo Island: The Phoenician-Punic Civilization in Italy 2006 Cultural 2 21 88%
Nuragic monuments of Sardinia 2021 Cultural 2 31 100%
Orvieto 2006 Cultural 3 83 76%
Pelagos: The Cetacean Sanctuary 2006 Natural 0 6 50%
Salento and the Barocco Leccese 2006 Cultural 4 59 96%
Sulcis Iglesiente 2006 Natural 1 14 33%
The Aniene valley and Villa Gregoriana in Tivoli 2006 Cultural 2 47 53%
The Cultural Landscape of Civita di Bagnoregio 2017 Cultural 6 40 82%
The cultural landscape of the Benedictine settlements in medieval Italy 2016 2027 Cultural 1 44 88%
The Marble Basin of Carrara 2006 Mixed 2 52 79%
The Murge of Altamura 2006 Mixed 2 30 55%
The system of the Ville-fattoria in Chianti Classico 2023 Cultural 0 13 75%
The Transhumance: The Royal Shepherd's Track 2006 Mixed 1 19 17%
Via Francigena in Italy 2019 2026 Cultural 3 66 35%
Villas of the Papal Nobility 2006 Cultural 2 38 81%
Volterra: Historical City and Cultural Landscape 2006 Cultural 2 68 88%

Former Tentative Sites

SiteAddedRemovedReviews
Alba Fucens 1982 1982 0
Alghero 1996 2005 0
Alps, a) Western Alps, b) Dolomites, c) Eastern Alps 2005 2006 0
Arch of Benevento 1984 1984 0
Archaeological area of Segesta 1984 1996 0
Archeological Park of Selinunte 1987 1987 0
Arcipelago Ponziano 2002 2005 0
Ascoli Piceno 1982 1982 0
Baia di Napoli con Capri, Ischia e Procida 1996 2005 0
Baptistery of Albenga 1984 1996 0
Baptistery of Cremona 1984 1996 0
Baptistery of Novara 1984 1996 0
Brera, Milan 1982 1982 0
Byzantine architecture of Torcello 1984 1990 0
Casamari Abbey 1984 1996 0
Castles of the Trentino 1984 1996 0
Cattedrale di Cefalu' e abitato storico 1998 2005 0
Centro storico di Cividale a tempietto longobardo 1995 2011 0
Complessi di culto romanici dell'Abruzzo 2002 2005 0
Costiere del Lago di Garda 1998 2003 0
Duomo di Milano 1996 2005 1
Faenza cathedral 1984 1984 0
Fascia costiera da Castellammare del Golfo a Trapani, con Erice, Mozia e la Isole Egadi 2002 2005 0
Fort de Bard 1982 1982 0
Fortezze dei Montefeltro 1996 2005 0
Fossanova abbey 1984 1996 0
Fossil Forest of Dunarobba 1997 1997 0
Galluzzo Monastery Florence 1984 1996 0
Gennargentu NP 1982 1982 0
Giotto e il Beato Angelico - Assisi e Cortona 1984 1997 0
Grotte di Castellana 1982 1982 0
Historic Centre of Lucca 2006 2021 1
Historic Centre of Parma 2006 2021 3
Historic centre of Pavia and Chartreuse 2006 2021 4
Il Castrum di Aosta 1984 1996 0
Itria valley 1982 1982 0
Locri 1982 1982 0
Massafra 1982 1982 0
Metaponte 1982 1982 0
Milan - Ospedale Maggiore (del Filarete) 1984 1996 0
Montecristo Island and its marine environment 1982 1982 0
Montepulciano, San Biagio 1984 1984 0
National Park of Abruzzo 2000 2000 0
Oasi di Ninfa 1996 2005 0
Ostia Antica, Porto di Roma + Isola Sacra 1987 1987 0
Otranto 1984 1985 0
Palermo, botanical garden and Monreale 1996 1996 0
Papal Residence of Anagni 1984 1996 0
Parco e Ville dei Castelli Romani (Colli Albani) 1996 2005 0
Parco Nazionale Del Gran Paradiso 1999 1999 0
Parco nazionale della Calabria 2011 2012 0
Parco Nazionale della Sila - Sila, gran bosco d'Italia 2012 2021 1
Parco Nazionale della Stelvio 1984 1996 0
Piazza maggiore, Todi 1982 1982 0
Piero della Francesca - Siena, Firenze, Borgo San Sepolcro 1984 1996 0
Pisticci 1982 1982 0
Pomponesco 1984 1996 0
Ponds in the Bay of Oristano and the Sinis Peninsula island of Mal di Ventre 2006 2021 1
Ponds of Cagliari 1982 1982 0
Port of Pyrgi 1984 1996 0
Promontorio del Gargano con Monte S.Angelo, Isole Tremiti e Foresta Umbra 2002 2005 0
Promontorio di Portofino con i centri storici di Camogli, S.Fruttuoso fino alla baia di Paraggi 1984 1999 0
Railway station Santa Maria Novella, Florence 1982 1982 0
Revere and Bozzolo 1984 1996 0
Riserva Bosco Fontana 1984 1996 0
Romanesque Cathedrals in Puglia 2006 2021 3
San Pellegrino Terme 1984 1999 0
Sanctuary of Fortuna, Palestrina 1984 1996 0
Santa Maria delle Carceri, Prato 1984 1984 0
Santuario rupestre di Olevano sul Tusciano 1996 2011 0
Santuario Sannitico di Pietrabbondante 1997 2003 0
Spoleto and Tempietto sul Clitunno 1995 2011 0
Taormina and Isola Bella 2006 2021 4
Tempio Malatestiano 1996 2005 0
Terracina 1984 1984 0
The city of Bergamo 2006 2021 3
The Lower Palaeolithic Palaeosurfaces at Isernia-La Pineta and Notarchirico 2006 2021 0
Thermal architecture of Arco 1984 1984 0
Thermal Architecture of Merano 1984 1996 0
Trani Cathedral 1984 1996 0
Tropea 1984 1996 0
Turin historic centre 1982 1982 0
Uccellina NP 1982 1982 0
Veio 1984 1996 0
Ville Vesuviane 1984 1996 1
Wine Grape landscapes: Langhe, Roero, Monferrato and Valtellina 2006 2012 0
Zone Carsiche: risorgenza del Timavo e Grotta Gigante 1996 2005 0

Country info

Official Name
Italy
Region
Europe and North America
WHC location
WHC member

Recent Reviews

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The following 15 Community Members have visited all WHS in this country:

Argo . Atila Ege . Clyde . Dibro . Dimitar Krastev . Els Slots . Jakob Frenzel . Jonas Kremer . Nan . Philipp Peterer . Roger Ourset . Tarquinio_Superbo . Tsunami . Yevhen Ivanovych . Zoë Sheng .